November 3rd day of the third year of Yin Chu.

The sky is not beautiful, and the dripping rain, mixed with snow water, wets the window edges, revealing a bit of depression.

"Her Royal Highness!" Outside the house, there was an anxious cry of the palace maid.

"What's wrong?" Lu Zhaoyi frowned slightly, lifted the curtain, and walked out of the dormitory.

The palace maid held an umbrella and happened to come under the eaves, looking panicked, which made her suddenly feel a palpitation.

At this point, the time has passed.

The palace maid saluted and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......."

Her head was booming, and she had a bad premonition in her heart, and she kept praying in her heart that she hoped that there was no bad news from the front.

Who knows, the palace maid looked at her nervous look, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Your Highness is worried that your majesty has bad news on the front line?" The palace maid smiled, "No, Your Highness, you don't have to be afraid, Your Majesty, you have already come back to summon the courtiers in the Taiji Palace!"

Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi's palpitations disappeared immediately, and the whole person suddenly relaxed, and then, joy welled up in his heart.

I couldn't help but say that regardless of the rain, snow, wet and cold, I was going to rush out of the front hall.

Seeing this, the palace maid immediately panicked and shouted to the palace, "Princess Liang, Mrs. Lu, come out quickly!" Queen, ......

Before he finished speaking, several people poured out of the hall, and a eunuch took away the palace maid's umbrella and rushed over directly to shield Lu Zhaoyi from the rain and snow.

"Your Majesty must have something important to do at this moment, discuss with the courtiers, Your Highness, you are pregnant, and it is inconvenient to travel!"

Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi came to his senses and stopped.

The originally overjoyed face was instantly pulled down, and his face was like frost, as if the weather was cloudy and uncertain.

"Lin Chang, Yuan Qian...... Well looked! Even I lied to me."

At this time, Su Xiuniang and Lu Zhaowen held an umbrella and hurried to her, and heard her muttering in a low voice, so they reached out to help her and persuaded her.

"The queen is not angry, this may be...... What did His Majesty deliberately arrange? Qinyu Pavilion and Feng Manlou shouldn't have deliberately not told you."

Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi pursed her lips, bit her lip flap lightly, a ghostly light flashed under her eyes, and then she regained her composure, took a deep breath, and slowly spit it out.

"Okay, help me back, I'll wait for Your Majesty to come over in the dormitory."

"Okay." The two responded and helped her back to the palace.

The army set out from Loking in early July.

At the end of November, the emperor led his army back to the court, which took only five months.

Everything was earlier than Lu Zhaoyi expected, which also made her more and more sure that those Yi tribes in the north of the Great Wall, this attack was just a test, they were not mediocre and incompetent, at least, they would know how to forbear.

It seems that the Xianbei people are waiting for an opportunity, and the chaos in the Central Plains is when they take the opportunity to go south.

Lu Zhaoyi sat on the soft couch by the windowsill, staring at the charcoal fire in the hall with heavy eyes, calculating how to make the next step.

She sat there, as if she had been thinking for a long time, and she didn't even notice when someone had come and crept up to her.

As soon as I looked up, I saw the man who had made her miss for five months, standing in front of her.

In those dark pupils, there is a strong longing for love, as well as bottomless pampering.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Yi'er, what are you thinking, you didn't even notice that I was coming."

His voice is very good, warm and pure, like alcohol, which makes people intoxicated.

At this time, there was no one else in the Zhaoyang Palace, as early as when she was in the fugue, Xia Pei stepped into the hall, and a group of palace maids, eunuchs, Ying Xue, Ying Yu and others, even Su Xiuniang and Lu Zhaowen, all picked up their sleeping children and quietly walked out of the hall.

In the huge dormitory, there are only Lu Zhaoyi and Xia Pei.

After only a few blinks, she reached out and slapped his arm a few times, but the hammer on him was so weak.

"Humph! You guy! Don't tell me when you come back!" Lu Zhaoyi was angry and glared at him.

He leaned over and took her into his arms, resting his chin on her forehead, caressing her back like a doter.

"Yi'er, don't be angry. I promise that I will never leave you again, okay?"

She pouted.

"Who is rare!" Although he said this, his heart rejoiced at his last words.

"Xia Pei!"

The voice that called him, soft and graceful, like the warm current of spring, flowed into his ears, driving the blood all over his body, and they all boiled.

He didn't seem to remember much.

It was the first time she was calling out his name.

"Huh?" Xia Pei was slightly stunned, slowly let go of her, turned her eyes, and stared at her with a pair of clear and deep eyes.

Her skin was fair and delicate, she could be broken by blowing, her nose was straight and straight, and her thin lips were slightly upturned.

Xia Pei stared, his gaze gradually becoming hot.

Lu Zhaoyi was shy by him, lowered his eyes, avoided his eyes, and didn't dare to look at him.

"Don't look at me like that......" she muttered.

He bowed his head again, kissed her on the lips, and then, holding her face, gazed into her clear eyes.

"Don't ask me...... What is the outcome of this expedition?"

Immediately, she bit her lip and smiled as if she was very proud, "Xiuniang and my sixth sister sent Yuan Siniang out of the palace an hour ago!"

"Fourth Lady Yuan? The shopkeeper of the wind is full of buildings?" He lowered his eyes, "I still can't hide it from you!"

In this expedition, an army of 450,000 was formed on the border, 150,000 people were stationed at the Great Wall, and another 300,000 horses were divided into three routes to outflank Dongning and Hu Wan.

One of the men, led by Zhao Lin, even smashed the camp of the Murong Khan and almost captured Murong Gui.

Of course, that war did not go well.

Among the coalition forces of Dongning Hu Wan, there are many masters, and the Murong Department is also extremely strong. But still, under the surprise attack of Wen Wei, the prince of Weiguo, surrounded the grain and grass hoarding land of the Murong Department, and then, Wen Wei said frankly that he only used it a little, and the strategy given by the queen before the expedition was able to be captured quickly according to the strategy.

As for the third way, he personally led the royal court of the Murong Ministry!

In the end, the commander of the Murong clan led the elite troops to break through and narrowly win.

But Murong Gui escaped with serious injuries, and Zhao Lin was in charge of the pursuit.

In this battle, they suffered heavy losses.

Lu Zhaoyi's eyes lit up as he listened, "How is it? Did you catch him?"

Xia Pei shook his head slowly, and did not answer her directly, but he bent down, put his ear on her raised belly, and reached out and patted it gently.

"Son, you have to come out quickly, and those powerful opponents in the future will be handed over to Er!" His tone was relaxed and pleasant, as if this battle was really a sure thing.

Lu Zhaoyi was stunned, and then pushed him away and scolded: "Xia Pei, okay, what you didn't finish was pushed to the child like this?"

He looked like he took it for granted, "What? Is it not natural for a son to inherit his father's business?"

She frowned, "Aren't you afraid that he'll take your place in the future?"

Xia Pei raised his eyebrows, hooked his lips, and showed a shallow smile, "I have you, that's enough!"

With a cold snort, she turned her head away, obviously unwilling to pay attention to him.

He leaned over again, hugged her from behind, and whispered in her ear, "Yi'er, in addition to exterminating the traitors, I also found a key clue on this expedition......

Lu Zhaoyi suddenly became interested.

"Oh? What's the clue?"

She turned her head and looked at him curiously.

Xia Pei smiled mysteriously, and then whispered in her ear.

"Do you know why Murong Gui suddenly changed his original name? Because he has a half-brother, Murong Zan, whose mother is from the Central Plains......

When Lu Zhaoyi heard this, his eyes widened suddenly.

"Really?"

"It's true!" He was determined, "The reason why I won a big victory this time and was able to come back in time for the end of the year is that I captured Murong Zan and came back."

"I agreed with Murong Gui that in the spring of next year, we will discuss the return of Murong Zan. At that time, it is time for you to give birth to a child." He said it lightly.

But Lu Zhaoyi's heart was shocked.

There are five months left, and it is indeed more abundant to ask something from Murong Zan's mouth, and since she was killed by her father five years ago, to today, when the source of all this is about to be dug up, Xia Pei's move has indeed given her the last chance to get close to the truth.

She felt it in her heart, and she couldn't help but hug him a little tighter.

"Then, after the beginning of spring next year, do you want to fight with Murong Bu again?"

She sighed softly, her brow full of worry.

Xia Pei lowered his head and looked at her, "I believe that I will solve it properly!"

Lu Zhaoyi pursed her lips.

She knew that Xia Pei would never lie to her, and since he had made such an oath, then there would definitely be no mistake!

As for Murong Zan, when he returned to the dynasty and returned to Luojing, he had already been handed over to Yingyun for custody, and in the next time, Lu Zhaoyi only needed to raise the fetus with peace of mind, and he didn't have to worry about anything.

interrogated Murong Zan, just let the shadow guard come.

At the beginning of the fourth year of Yin Chu, the Xianbei Murong Department sent an envoy to negotiate peace.

This news came to the palace, and Lu Zhaoyi was watching the snow scene in the harem garden with Su Xiuniang and Lu Zhaoyi, so comfortable.

However, only the shadow rain was miserable, running back and forth to the harem and the front hall, and the fifth spirit outside Zhu Hua's gate passed the news between the emperor and the empress.

On the Lingzhi fishing platform, Lu Zhaoyi held the hand warmer in his hand, sat on the fishing platform, and said to the shadow rain beside him: "For the matter of peace, first cut the three cities to show sincerity. To the north of the Great Wall, there are three horse-drinking cities, which must be owned by Dayuan. If you can say yes, everything can be discussed!"

Shadow Rain hurriedly bowed down and turned around, and hurriedly went to deliver the message.

She turned her eyes and looked under the fishing platform, only to see Mrs. Lu playing on the ice with the more than one-year-old Zhao Xiaoniang. Immediately, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise slightly, as if he was looking forward to when he would be able to take his children with them?

Su Xiuniang was tired of playing, so she took the child to the fishing platform, sat beside her, picked up a cup of tea, leisurely tasted tea, raised her eyes, and looked at the snow in the distance.

"What do you want?" Lu Zhaoyi looked at her eyes and asked.

"It's nothing!" Su Xiuniang shook her head lightly, "I just think this snow scene is very beautiful, if someone can put down foreign affairs and enjoy the scenery wholeheartedly, it would be great!"

"Are you talking about me?"

Lu Zhaoyi put down the teacup and laughed self-deprecatingly a few times, "I know your kindness, but I am the queen...... I can't calm down."

"You're still too concerned." Su Xiuniang comforted, "The emperor treats you so well, what do you still care? You should understand that state affairs cannot be dealt with at any time, and it is not good for the child in your womb that you are so worried!"

She smiled and shook her head, glancing back, "You know what?"

Being in a high position, controlling the affairs of the world, and fulfilling the responsibilities of the people is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.

Speaking of this, Su Xiuniang suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly put down the teacup, "By the way, the one that Yingyun is interrogating is called...... Murong Zan, did you ask what happened later?"